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Database: 665 427 players

Last added: Alyssa Harper

Scoring Leaders

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Nicolai Meyer	37	20	24	44
2.	Sebastian Dyk	35	19	19	38
3.	Tony Mårtensson	37	12	26	38
4.	Anton Holm	32	15	17	32
5.	Justin Crandall	37	14	18	32

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Team Facts

Plays in National League
Champions Hockey League
Full name Hockey Club Lugano
Team colours Black + White + Yellow
Town Lugano, SUI
Founded 1941

2018-2019 Roster

	#	Player	A	Born	Birthplace	HT	WT	S	Ctrct
GOALTENDERS
	#34	Silas Matthys (G)	26	1992	Einsiedeln, SUI	5'11"	165	L	18/19
	#30	Elvis Merzlikins (G)	24	1994	Riga, LAT	6'3"	192	L	18/19
	#31	Stefan Müller (G)	22	1996	Feldkirch, AUT	5'11"	187	R	19/20
DEFENSEMEN
	#27	Alessandro Chiesa (D) “C”	31	1987	Biasca, SUI	6'4"	209	R	21/22
	#16	Taylor Chorney (D)	31	1987	Thunder Bay, ON, CAN	6'0"	185	L	18/19+1
	#7	Benoit Jecker (D)	24	1994	Fribourg, SUI	6'2"	183	L	19/20
	#58	Romain Loeffel (D)	27	1991	La Chaux-de-Fonds, SUI	5'10"	187	R	21/22
	#37	Elia Riva (D)	21	1998	Claro, SUI	5'10"	176	L	19/20
	#6	Massimo Ronchetti (D)	26	1992	Lugano, SUI	6'3"	207	L	19/20
	#29	Riccardo Sartori (D)	24	1994	Lugano, SUI	5'10"	190	L	19/20
	#22	Stefan Ulmer (D)	28	1990	Dornbirn, AUT	5'9"	176	R	18/19
	#3	Julien Vauclair (D) “A”	39	1979	Bure, SUI	6'0"	209	L	18/19
	#95	Thomas Wellinger (D)	30	1988	Davos, SUI	6'2"	185	L	20/21
FORWARDS
	#10	Alessio Bertaggia (LW/RW)	25	1993	Lugano, SUI	5'9"	170	L	19/20
	#87	Dario Bürgler (RW)	31	1987	Illgau, SUI	6'1"	205	R	20/21
	#12	Luca Cunti (C)	29	1989	Zürich, SUI	6'1"	190	L	20/21
	#17	Luca Fazzini (LW/RW)	23	1995	Lugano, SUI	5'9"	190	R	19/20
	#20	Henrik Haapala (LW/RW)	24	1994	Lempäälä, FIN	5'9"	165	L
	#15	Grégory Hofmann (C/LW)	26	1992	Biel, SUI	6'0"	201	L	22/23
	#21	Mauro Jörg (RW/LW)	28	1990	Chur, SUI	6'0"	196	L	19/20
	#86	Linus Klasen (LW)	32	1986	Stockholm, SWE	5'9"	170	L	19/20
	#24	Jani Lajunen (C)	28	1990	Espoo, FIN	6'2"	203	L	20/21
	#25	Maxim Lapierre (C) “A”	33	1985	St-Léonard, QC, CAN	6'2"	201	R	20/21
	#23	Giovanni Morini (C/LW)	23	1995	Como, ITA	6'2"	196	L	20/21
	#32	Sébastien Reuille (LW/RW)	37	1981	Zürich, SUI	5'11"	174	L	18/19
	#70	Matteo Romanenghi (C/LW)	23	1995	Morbio Inferiore, SUI	5'10"	190	L	20/21
	#38	Raffaele Sannitz (C/LW) “A”	35	1983	Lugano, SUI	6'2"	187	L	20/21
	#91	Julian Walker (C/RW)	32	1986	Bern, SUI	6'2"	205	R	22/23
Position: G:3 D:10 F:15 \| Av Age: 27.93 years \| Av Ht: 6'0" \| Av Wt 189 lbs \| Compare with other teams

Team Staff

Head Coach Greg Ireland
Asst. Coach Chris DePiero
Asst. Coach Jussi Silander
Goaltending Coach Michael Lawrence
Sports Manager Roland Habisreutinger
Team Manager Mirko Bertoli
Asst. Equipment Manager Alain Balmelli
Conditioning Coach Lassi Laakso
Dir. of Hockey Operations Jean-Jacques Aeschlimann
Equipment Manager Nicklas Karlsson
President Vicky Mantegazza
Skills Coach Tuomo Kärki
Vice President Andy Näser
Video Coach Flavio Nodari

Team Facts

Nationalities 19 players
2 players
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1 player
Experience HC Lugano: 5 842 GP
NHL: 790 GP
WC: 238 GP
OG: 42 GP
SHL: 383 GP
Allsvenskan: 97 GP
Liiga: 446 GP
AHL: 999 GP
Affiliated Team(s) Lugano U20 (Elite Jr. A)
Ticino Rockets (NLB)

Team Captains

“C” Alessandro Chiesa
“A” Julien Vauclair
Maxim Lapierre
Raffaele Sannitz

Team captaincy history

Arena Information

Arena Name Pista Resega
Location Lugano, SUI
Capacity 7 800
Construction Year 1995

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Latest Transactions

DATE	STATUS		PLAYER		TEAM
01/08/2019
01/08/2019	Confirmed	Joining	Sandro Zangger (F)	Joining from	Lausanne
01/05/2019
01/05/2019	Up/Down	Leaving	Clarence Kparghai (D)	Leaving for	Davos
12/24/2018
12/24/2018	Extension		Raffaele Sannitz (F)
12/24/2018	Extension		Jani Lajunen (F)
12/24/2018	Confirmed	Leaving	Luca Cunti (F)	Leaving for	Biel-Bienne
12/24/2018	Up/Down	Leaving	Clarence Kparghai (D)	Leaving for	Davos
12/17/2018
12/17/2018	Loan	Joining	Silas Matthys (G)	Joining from	Ticino Rockets
12/14/2018
12/14/2018	Extension		Matteo Romanenghi (F)

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Team History and Standings

Season	League	GP	W	T	L	OTW	OTL	GF	GA	TP	Rank	Postseason
1989-1990	NLA	36	22	6	8	-	-	182	98	50	1	Champion
1990-1991	NLA	36	26	4	6	-	-	172	94	56	2	Final loss
1991-1992	NLA	36	23	5	8	-	-	151	92	51	2	Quarterfinal loss
1992-1993	NLA	36	21	1	14	-	-	131	116	43	4	Semifinal loss
1993-1994	NLA	36	19	5	12	-	-	129	102	43	3	Semifinal loss
1994-1995	NLA	36	21	5	10	-	-	147	102	47	2	Quarterfinal loss
1995-1996	NLA	36	16	4	16	-	-	129	114	36	7	Quarterfinal loss
1996-1997	NLA	36	17	4	15	-	-	137	125	38	6	Semifinal loss
1997-1998	NLA	40	17	7	16	-	-	140	127	41	6	Quarterfinal loss
1998-1999	NLA	45	27	5	13	-	-	155	114	59	3	Champion
1999-2000	NLA	45	29	9	7	-	-	164	83	67	1	Final loss
2000-2001	NLA	44	28	4	12	-	-	129	85	60	1	Final loss
2001-2002	NLA	44	25	5	14	-	-	149	121	55	2	Semifinal loss
2002-2003	NLA	44	24	4	16	-	-	159	129	52	4	Champion
2003-2004	NLA	48	35	4	9	-	-	196	127	74	1	Final loss
2004-2005	NLA	44	29	7	8	-	-	148	99	65	1	Quarterfinal loss
2005-2006	NLA	44	24	8	12	-	-	160	116	56	2	Champion
2006-2007	NLA	44	25	0	15	1	3	143	123	80	4	Quarterfinal loss
2007-2008	NLA	50	15	0	20	9	6	130	149	69	9	Saved in play-out
2008-2009	NLA	50	19	0	16	8	7	175	156	80	5	Quarterfinal loss
2009-2010	NLA	50	17	0	23	6	4	153	166	67	8	Quarterfinal loss
2010-2011	NLA	50	19	-	31	7	5	130	159	55	10	Saved in play-out
2011-2012	NLA	50	21	-	18	5	6	152	150	79	6	Quarterfinal loss
2012-2013	NLA	50	21	-	17	5	7	163	139	80	6	Quarterfinal loss
2013-2014	NLA	50	23	-	18	5	4	142	114	83	5	Quarterfinal loss
2014-2015	NLA	50	24	-	13	8	5	155	127	93	3	Quarterfinal loss
2015-2016	NLA	50	21	-	18	6	5	157	150	80	5	Final loss
2016-2017	NLA	50	19	-	21	6	4	142	155	73	7	Semifinal loss
2017-2018	NLA	50	26	-	19	3	2	159	130	86	4	Final loss
2018-2019	NLA	33	14	-	16	1	2	102	96	46	10	-

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Tournament Statistics

Season	Tournament	GP	W	T	L	OTW	OTL	GF	GA	TP	Rank	Postseason
1986-1987	European Cup	3	0	0	3	-	-	9	22	0	4	Final group
	European Cup	4	2	1	1	-	-	14	10	-	4	Promoted
1987-1988	European Cup	3	1	1	1	-	-	11	8	3	2	-
1988-1989	European Cup	3	2	0	1	-	-	14	6	4	2	-
1990-1991	European Cup	3	2	1	0	-	-	16	7	5	2	-
	European Cup	2	0	0	2	-	-	6	11	-	6	Placement game loss
1991-1992	Spengler Cup	4	3	-	1	-	-	18	11	6	2	Final loss
1999-2000	Euro HL	6	3	-	2	0	1	18	9	10	2	Bronze game loss
2000-2001	Continental Cup	3	3	0	0	-	-	10	2	6	1	Promoted
	Continental Cup	3	1	2	0	-	-	10	7	4	2	-
2001-2002	Continental Cup	3	1	1	1	-	-	9	9	3	3	-
2002-2003	Continental Cup	3	2	0	1	0	0	10	6	4	-	Bronze game win
2003-2004	Continental Cup	2	1	0	1	-	-	9	4	2	2	Bronze game win
2006-2007	ECC	2	1	-	1	0	0	3	3	3	2	-
2014-2015	Swiss Cup	2	1	-	0	0	1	7	5	4	10	Eight final loss
2015-2016	Swiss Cup	2	1	-	1	0	0	4	4	3	14	Eight final loss
	Spengler Cup	2	1	-	1	0	0	10	9	3	1	Final loss
2016-2017	Champions HL	4	2	-	1	1	0	11	9	8	1	Eight final loss
	Swiss Cup	2	1	-	1	0	0	8	5	3	12	Eight final loss
	Spengler Cup	2	2	-	0	0	0	8	5	6	1	Final loss
2017-2018	Swiss Cup	2	1	-	1	0	0	9	4	3	11	Eight final loss
2018-2019	Champions HL	6	3	-	3	0	0	13	12	9	2	-
	Swiss Cup	2	1	-	1	0	0	11	5	3	10	Eight final loss

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Stars and Cult Players

Where are they now?

#	Player	Season	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM
1.	Patrick Thoresen (F)	2018-2019	Storhamar	Norway	33	20	30	50	14
2.	Charles Linglet (F)	2018-2019	Cardiff Devils	EIHL	36	14	34	48	10
3.	Danny Masa (F)	2018-2019	GDT Bellinzona	SwissDiv1	22	17	26	43	4
4.	Evgenï Chiriaev (F)	2018-2019	EHC Olten	NLB	35	22	20	42	37
5.	Patrice Bergeron (F)	2018-2019	Boston Bruins	NHL	32	14	26	40	16
6.	Tony Mårtensson (F)	2018-2019	Almtuna IS	Allsvenskan	37	12	26	38	22
7.	Dominique Heinrich (D)	2018-2019	EC Salzburg	EBEL	37	12	21	33	14
8.	Ilari Filppula (F)	2018-2019	TPS	Liiga	32	11	20	31	24
9.	Damien Brunner (F)	2018-2019	EHC Biel-Bienne	NLA	33	16	13	29	14
10.	Dan Spang (D)	2018-2019	Löwen Frankfurt	DEL2	36	6	21	27	32

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Franchise All-Time Points

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Kent Johansson (F)	212	219	209	428
2.	Jörg Eberle (F)	417	252	129	381
3.	Andy Ton (F)	397	157	223	380
4.	Petteri Nummelin (D)	350	111	264	375
5.	Fredy Lüthi (F)	319	136	138	274

Franchise All-Time Goals

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Jörg Eberle (F)	417	252	129	381
2.	Kent Johansson (F)	212	219	209	428
3.	Andy Ton (F)	397	157	223	380
4.	Fredy Lüthi (F)	319	136	138	274
5.	Petteri Nummelin (D)	350	111	264	375

Franchise All-Time Assists

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Petteri Nummelin (D)	350	111	264	375
2.	Andy Ton (F)	397	157	223	380
3.	Kent Johansson (F)	212	219	209	428
4.	Julien Vauclair (D)	742	99	172	271
5.	Raffaele Sannitz (F)	651	80	160	240

Franchise All-Time PIM

#	Player	GP	G	TP	PIM
1.	Raffaele Sannitz (F)	651	80	240	688
2.	Sandro Bertaggia (D)	647	82	216	672
3.	Julien Vauclair (D)	742	99	271	600
4.	Andy Näser (F)	562	101	188	492
5.	Timo Helbling (D)	161	6	30	457

Franchise All-Time Games played

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Julien Vauclair (D)	742	99	172	271
2.	Raffaele Sannitz (F)	651	80	160	240
3.	Sandro Bertaggia (D)	647	82	134	216
4.	Jean-Jacques Aeschlimann (F)	568	107	150	257
5.	Andy Näser (F)	562	101	87	188

Franchise All-Time Points per Game

#	Player	GP	G	TP	PPG
1.	Dusan Pasek (F)	9	10	21	2.333
2.	Bernard Gagnon (F)	38	47	87	2.289
3.	Jim Koleff (F)	26	38	58	2.231
4.	Kent Johansson (F)	212	219	428	2.019
5.	Ryan Johnston (D)	1	0	2	2.000

Franchise All-Time Points per Season

#	Player	Season	League	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM
1.	Bernard Gagnon (F)	1981-1982	NLB	38	47	40	87	2.29	-
2.	Kent Johansson (F)	1985-1986	NLA	35	40	39	79	2.26	34
3.	Kent Johansson (F)	1986-1987	NLA	35	33	45	78	2.23	37
4.	Kent Johansson (F)	1987-1988	NLA	35	32	45	77	2.20	37
5.	Kent Johansson (F)	1984-1985	NLA	38	57	19	76	2.00	-

Franchise All-Time Goals per Season

#	Player	Season	League	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM
1.	Kent Johansson (F)	1984-1985	NLA	38	57	19	76	2.00	-
2.	Bernard Gagnon (F)	1981-1982	NLB	38	47	40	87	2.29	-
3.	Kent Johansson (F)	1985-1986	NLA	35	40	39	79	2.26	34
4.	Peter Jaks (F)	1987-1988	NLA	36	38	21	59	1.64	22
5.	Jim Koleff (F)	1978-1979	NLB	26	38	20	58	2.23	-

Franchise All-Time Assists per Season

#	Player	Season	League	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM
1.	Randy Robitaille (F)	2009-2010	NLA	50	16	49	65	1.30	72
2.	Kent Johansson (F)	1986-1987	NLA	35	33	45	78	2.23	37
3.	Kent Johansson (F)	1987-1988	NLA	35	32	45	77	2.20	37
4.	Ville Peltonen (F)	2003-2004	NLA	48	28	44	72	1.50	16
5.	Glen Metropolit (F)	2012-2013	NLA	50	20	44	64	1.28	62

Franchise All-Time PIM per Season

#	Player	Season	League	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM
1.	Todd Elik (F)	1997-1998	NLA	39	30	36	66	1.69	222
2.	Timo Helbling (D)	2009-2010	NLA	46	1	6	7	0.15	168
3.	Timo Helbling (D)	2008-2009	NLA	49	2	7	9	0.18	136
4.	Timo Helbling (D)	2007-2008	NLA	49	3	11	14	0.29	127
5.	Jason York (D)	2005-2006	NLA	34	3	17	20	0.59	122

Average Height, Weight, Age per Season

Season	Roster	Avg Height	Avg Weight	Avg Age
2018-2019	View roster	6'0"	189 lbs	27.93
2017-2018	View roster	6'0"	191 lbs	27.40
2016-2017	View roster	6'0"	192 lbs	27.45
2015-2016	View roster	6'0"	190 lbs	26.97
2014-2015	View roster	6'0"	188 lbs	26.06

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